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Testing and Extending the Minority Stress Model Among Jewish College Students: A Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Antisemitic incidents have increased on US college campuses, yet psychological frameworks for understanding Jewish experiences are limited. In this study, we used mixed methods to apply the minority stress model (MSM) to Jewish students at a large Midwestern university.
Jacob Schachter, Alex A. Ajayi
wiley   +1 more source

Factorial validity of the Twi versions of five measures of mental health and well-being in Ghana.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Mental health is considered an integral part of human health. Reliable and valid measurement instruments are needed to assess various facets of mental health in the native language of the people involved.
Richard Appiah, Lusilda Schutte, Angelina Wilson Fadiji, Marié P Wissing, Amanda Cromhout   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Psychometric Properties and Clinical Usefulness of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale in Forensic Settings

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a widely used measure of emotion dysregulation across clinical contexts. However, its psychometric properties and clinical utility have not been thoroughly examined in forensic populations.
Adam Meddeb, Märta Wallinius, Johan Berlin, Natalie Laporte, Malin Hildebrand Karlén, Claudia Mazzeschi, Elisa Delvecchio, Patrizia Velotti, Carlo Garofalo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Utility of the Bifactor Method for Unidimensionality Assessment When Other Methods Disagree

SAGE Open, 2016
This article provides an empirical illustration of the utility of the bifactor method for unidimensionality assessment when other methods disagree. Specifically, we used two popular methods for unidimensionality assessment: (a) evaluating the model fit ...
Yong Luo, Khaleel Al-Harbi
doaj   +1 more source

Unpacking early risks for peer victimization: A network analysis of early temperament and polygenic risk scores

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Children who show difficult temperament are at risk of peer victimisation, which in turn associates with numerous negative outcomes later in life. We used network analysis to examine whether specific aspects of difficult temperament contributed to these associations, and whether the links were moderated by variations in genetic ...
Tom C.‐H. Wu, Deniz Konac, Liliana Garcia‐Mondragon, Alex F. Martin, Barbara Maughan, Ted Barker   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calculating and Interpreting Maximal Reliability in Bifactor Models

Multivariate Behavioral Research
Confirmatory bifactor models have been widely applied to understand multidimensional constructs in different areas of psychology research. Maximal reliability captures how well an optimal linear composite (OLC) represents the target latent variable.
Sijia, Li, Victoria, Savalei
openaire   +2 more sources

Psychometric evidence of the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory in undergraduate nursing students at a public institution [PDF]

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Objective: to verify the internal and structural consistency of the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory in young undergraduate nursing students. Method: this is a cross-sectional methodological study carried out with young university students enrolled in the ...
Susane Vasconcelos, Lucia Helena Garcia Penna, Nilton Soares Formiga, Rudson Oliveira Damasceno, Liana Viana Ribeiro, Bianca Carvalho de Abreu Leira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disentangling shared and unique effects of parenting on psychopathology: Evidence from two prospective, genetically sensitive cohort studies

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Multiple dimensions of parenting–including hostility, conflict, and warmth–are associated with an array of mental disorders in youth. We tested two possible explanations for these associations: Parenting may shape a shared liability to experience many forms of psychopathology (“shared‐liability” hypothesis), or parenting may shape ...
Leah S. Richmond‐Rakerd, Lara Khalifeh, S. Alexandra Burt, Jody M. Ganiban, Rachel E. Hsu, Luke W. Hyde, Sujin Lee, Leslie D. Leve, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, David Reiss, Daniel S. Shaw, Gabriela L. Suarez, Jasmin Wertz   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Over reliance on model fit indices in confirmatory factor analyses may lead to incorrect inferences about bifactor models: A cautionary note

African Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2021
This brief article attempts to describe the importance of relying not just on model fit indices, but also on bifactor, confirmatory factor analysis to examine the factor structure of instruments presumed to be multidimensional.
Tyrone B. Pretorius
doaj   +1 more source

Transdiagnostic profiles of socio‐affective functioning in adolescents at‐risk of poor mental health

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Adolescence is a developmental period during which many mental health problems emerge or worsen. Recently, there has been a shift towards identifying risk factors that predict psychopathology across a range of diagnostic boundaries—known as ‘transdiagnostic’ approaches.
Alex Lloyd, Duncan Astle, Tom (Chin‐Han) Wu, Nikolaus Steinbeis, Ritika Chokhani, Laura Lucas, Pasco Fearon, Essi Viding   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source